Subsurface Circular

 PC
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24

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  1. pawq
    Mar 27, 2021
    7
    Subsurface Circular is a short dialogue-based game that I'd describe as philosophical sci-fi. It considers very interesting themes regarding the future of humanity and AI, and felt kinda like reading a decent short novel. The cool visual design made it a very pleasant experience too.
  2. Akk3d1s
    Jun 10, 2019
    4
    Good graphics, nice music but the dialogue is not even remotely interesting.
  3. RagingPoet
    May 2, 2019
    9
    Subsurface Circular is an almost perfect text adventure game. It has good writing, interesting story, unusual setting, difficult moral choice and logical dialogue-based puzzles.
  4. JJTX
    Mar 24, 2019
    8
    A great visual novel that can and should be completed in one sitting, though I recommend the Nintendo Switch port as it offers portability.
  5. kch3691
    Mar 26, 2018
    7
    A purely conversation based game with a cool aesthetic and good ending. The few riddles/puzzles don't really feel like they belong and are just busy work. If you like good sc-fi it's worth a try though. 13/13 achievements can be had in 2.5 hours.
  6. gloriouspotato
    Jan 25, 2018
    8
    A neat text adventure with a striking aesthetic and soundscape. The interactive dialogues prove interesting and insightful, but could probably be more complex and varied. These 'dialogue puzzles' also culminate into a final chapter of the story that I feel is approached and concluded a bit too bluntly and simplistically.

    Overall rating - 8.0/10
  7. ZX_Stryker
    Dec 23, 2017
    10
    Easily one of the most interesting games I've ever played, if it sounds even a bit like it's something you'd be interested in i HIGHLY suggest you pick it up.

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. GameSpace
    Dec 5, 2017
    90
    Subsurface Circular is an exploration of our humanity… as presented by robots. It presents you with the opportunity to wrestle with what you value along with the questions of autonomy versus automation.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 12, 2017
    70
    Interesting experiment that wraps a tech-noir short story/text adventure in an elegant, meaningful and modern wrapping. It's short, and has its flaws, but the presentation is great, and worth your time.
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  3. games(TM)
    Oct 6, 2017
    80
    A meaningful and memorable text-adventure. [Issue#192, p.84]
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